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Building & Sustaining Industry Relationships: Be Relevant & Responsive

novaNAIT’s Mandate: novaNAIT bridges the applied research capacity of NAIT to deliver relevant solutions to industry and the community. novaNAIT’s Context:

novaNAIT

novaNAIT

Applied Research Capacity Faculty, Staff & Students Relevant or Market Driven Solutions Industry Community

• NAIT Vision: “To be globally valued for student success,

applied research, and innovation”

• Guiding Principles: “Foster innovation and applied

research” NAIT: An Emerging Applied Research Institution

• JR Shaw School of Business
• School of Health Sciences
• School of Trades
• School of Sustainable Building and Environmental

Management

• School of Information Communication & Engineering

Technologies NAIT: Schools

Provides:

• Solutions to industry’s challenges
• Beneficial partnerships
• Practical learning opportunities

for students

• Professional activities for faculty

and staff Applied Research …

Outcomes in many forms:

• Prototype and Product Development
• Proof of Concept and/or Design
• Testing
• Technical Valuation and Validation
• Technical Consultancy
• Product or Service Improvements
• New Intellectual Property
• Business Strategy Development
• Market Feasibility and Planning

Applied Research Programming: Relevant Outcomes

Priority of Focus: Boreal Reclamation

15,000 Abandoned Well Sites in the Alberta’s NW Boreal Large Scale in Situ Pads

Priority of Focus: Boreal Reclamation

Oil & Gas Industry SME Nurseries, Contractors, Consultants, Forest Companies Government NAIT Boreal Research Institute Communities, First Nations, & Metis Enterprises

Priority of Focus: Green Chemistry and Engineering

Ledcor Group Applied Research Chair in Oil Sands Environmental Sustainability

• GCE = design, manufacture of safer products

with less energy

• Supporting industry compliance – partnerships

in oil sand environment solutions

• Validate tailings treatment technologies &

management

• Develop measurement solutions & standards

NanoCARTS

• nano Centre for Applied Research, Industry

Training and Services

• world-class micro- and nanotechnology systems

integration centre

• development of prototypes and products
• Focused on servicing SMEs
• NAIT students have access companies and can

already start working on industrial projects

Priority of Focus: nanotechnology Prototype Development

Utilizing Your Institution

• United front
• Don’t reinvent the wheel
• Harmonize

Challenges:

• Consistency
• Dynamic layers
• Communication
• Appeasement
• Roles clarity

Capstone “designed to provide real world experience integrating their learning in an applied, practical, industry sponsored project. Interdisciplinary teams of 3-4 students over a period of 6 months with students contributing 600-800 unpaid student hours.”

Connecting Students with Industry Students:

• Networking
• Job opportunities
• Entrepreneurship

Industry:

• Recruitment
• Cost effective
• Innovative

Challenges:

• Management
• Liability & Risk
• Metrics
• Tools & Resources

Motivation to Engage Industry:

• Access to funding
• Access to resources
• Recognition
• Enterprise Development

• Entrepreneur in Residence Program
• A partnership with NRC IRAP
• Providing mentorship and advice to

NAIT’s SME and entrepreneur community Results in 2 years:

• 4 tenants have achieved angel

investment

• 7 have accessed predevelopment grant

support

• 9 new companies

Motivation to Engage

Motivation to Engage Institution

• Alignment
• Education & experience
• Relationships = support
• Collaboration

Challenges:

• Setting expectations
• Reactive vs. proactive
• Accountability
• Credibility & reputation
• Reporting & metrics
• Understanding behavior

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Sandra Spencer Business Manager sandrals@nait.ca Thank you